Pc to Pc vith vivo

HoOv · Aug 18, 2005, 05:57 AM

Hi. I just managed to plug my tv-out of my x800 pro vivo into the video-in (of the same card) and everything is working like a charm. I can capture my desktop using the so called "clone mode". But my dektop is in the so called "1280x1024" resolution, and all my games too. Thus catalyst make a virtual desktop on tv-out whose true resolution is "1024x768" and with panning. It seems thats because of the ntsc and pal intrensics. So i found a solution on the web: using a scan convertor. Ultimately i can buy one, but isnt theire any way to make tv-out at 1280x1024 resolution. Maybe some way to scale down the clone desktop, maybe using a shader. Well i have no ideas, and i hope a little help.

Thx

H3X4D3C1M4L · Aug 18, 2005, 10:50 AM

You should be able to set it independantly....i.e. the TV looks like a 2nd monitor to the card so you can set an independant refresh rate and resolution.

daedal · Aug 18, 2005, 06:49 PM

..why would you do that, except to capture videos or your dekstop?

HoOv · Aug 18, 2005, 08:15 PM

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You should be able to set it independantly....i.e. the TV looks like a 2nd monitor to the card so you can set an independant refresh rate and resolution.

Well in clone mode i cant setup a resolution for the clone desktop. It equals the resolution of the first one. Moreover the max resolution for the video-in is 1024x768 as for standard tv (video-in supports pal/secam, ntsc, but not hdtv). Maybe you mean overridding modeline with utilities like powerstrip, but in clone mode, still i cant do that for the monitor of the cloned desktop.

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..why would you do that, except to capture videos or your dekstop?

Well that's what i want to do. I dont care to capture my tv or any vcr, i just want to capture my desktop. My main goal is to record video with my games without altering the resolution, and without the heavy overload induced vy the use of fraps.

It would be ok if the desktop resolution was 1024x768, but that's not the case. When i talked about scan convertors, thats because they can capture vga signal in 1280x1024 (not 4/3) and scale it down to 4/3 to be ntsc compliant.

The tv-out of the ati cards seems pretty disappointing because they dont do that, they only cut a 4/3 area of the desktop (ie 1024/768) and create a virtual desktop that size in wich the mouse can pan the underlying 1280x1024 desktop.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Aug 20, 2005, 12:24 AM

You'd be better off recording a game video at 1024x768 otherwise you'll get alot of data and have a big video and then need more compression to get a better file sie. 1024x768 is a standard video size anyway so you might take that into considerationc